NBA Playoff Predictions: Miami Heat Are Team to Beat in Eastern Conference

March 27th, 2012 by Danny Paskas Leave a reply »
Some of the talking heads at ESPN are starting to panic over the Miami Heat's recent losing, as they are only 8-6 since the All-Star break.

The Chicago Bulls, the Heat's main competition in the East are rolling, as Marc Stein put it in his most recent power rankings.

If ''rolling'' means going 11-3 since the All-Star break, that's just three more wins than Miami's post All-Star break record, I guess I agree. That is until I looked at the schedule of both the Bulls and Heat.

Three of the Bulls' last 11 wins came from beating the Toronto Raptors twice and the Cleveland Cavaliers once.

Miami just had the tougher schedule during that stretch.

But, with two games against the Raptors, two against the Washington Wizards, one game against the Charlotte Bobcats and one game against the New Jersey Nets, the rest of the schedule slightly favors Miami.

The Eastern Conference top seed can very well depend on the two games the Bulls and Heat face each other. The next time they both meet is on April 12 and then for the final time on April 19th.



Up to this point, the Bulls are the better road team with an ...

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